Hello – when you say “dovetailed” are you referring to the style of corners or have the logs you want to use been milled?
With the butt and pass system you only need “straightish” logs secured by pins, nothing else is required 🙂

HA HA – You will be lucky to find logs that will be the same width at the top as the width of your big ridge poll. So as big as you can get. If required a bracket can also be secured around the RPSL at the top to better secure the ridge pole in place if you think it needs it

Depending on the load of the roof (you should know this from your structural engineer) if you have a heavy roof (most are) you should try and dig a hole for your pad deep enough not to be affected by earth movement due to frost. The RPSL’s are fastened to your log walls every other log so these take some of the strain. All I can say is try your…[Read more]